[For a moment, it does look like Darin might turn and flee out of the door. He watches Zelda slowly cross the room until she's close enough that they could both reach out to one another.]
[He hears Zelda's words and they're at complete odds with his worldview. His life. He has no reason to distrust her. She's been patient and considerate of his concerns and privacy. He's been so difficult with her and for what? Acteon and Kessler both proved that there were good people out there. People who would accept him.]
I'm still dangerous. I...I could still hurt you.
[He doesn't want to hurt anyone but people seem to get hurt just being around him.]
I'm cursed, remember?
[It's a weak, sardonic counter to her kind words. He's reaching; grasping at straws. Something to validate his fears. Dromas called him a coward and he's always known Dromas to know what he was talking about.]
no subject
[He hears Zelda's words and they're at complete odds with his worldview. His life. He has no reason to distrust her. She's been patient and considerate of his concerns and privacy. He's been so difficult with her and for what? Acteon and Kessler both proved that there were good people out there. People who would accept him.]
I'm still dangerous. I...I could still hurt you.
[He doesn't want to hurt anyone but people seem to get hurt just being around him.]
I'm cursed, remember?
[It's a weak, sardonic counter to her kind words. He's reaching; grasping at straws. Something to validate his fears. Dromas called him a coward and he's always known Dromas to know what he was talking about.]